The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-10-29
TEE Wool ENn,lsrRY.
Enormous Increase ia Production and
imports.

Imports.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-The report of
Colonel Swltzler, Chief OF the Bureau of
Statistics on Wool aud Manufactures Of
Wool, Is ready for diitcibation. The re.
port shows that che number Of sheep in
the United States increased from l9, O00.-
600 in 1910 to 81 900, 900 in 1884, but
declined to $4,000, 000 in 1887. This
marked decIne occurred mainly 10 the
Southern and Western States, and is at.
trlbuted TO the decline in the price OF
wool since 1884. Great Britain being the
leading wool market of the world has al.
ways been the principal market for our
purchases Of wool. Turkey and Russia
have also been important sources of d.
rect supply, but the Argentine Republic
is now next to Great Britain. Our
sources of supply, are followed by Aus.
tralia aud Asia. Our imports OF wool
rose from l,7l5.699 pounds in 1922 to
ia, O3S. O3O pounds 10 1857.
The increase OF vol imports has
about kept pace with the growth Of our
wool product, both having bout doubled
since 1860 A series Of tables ll!ustrat-
my the increase in the products aud i'm
portations and relations between the two
is given. As Tor example from 1864 to
1868, l6l. 000, coo pounds were produced
and 43, 900. GOO imported: from 1874 to
1873, 10000 coo pounds were produced
and IS, 600, coo imported; from 1882 to
|lS86, 297, 000,000 were produced and 3d..
90. 600, 600 imported; from 1922 to 1881
the annual imports Of wool in manufac-
lures averaged over So, coo. 600 in value,
or more than II cents per capita, while
from 1892 to 1871 they reached over $l4,-
600, 900 or 81 cents per capita. The
value OF our WOODEN product of 1850 was
| s25, COO, 000 in round numbers, OF our i'm
ports sl9, 100000, both together being
81 95 per capita Of our population. In
| 1860 500, coo, 900 in value were produced
and $40, COO, COO imported, both together
being about g 81 per capita. In 1870
the product reached $4,000. 600 and
importations $50, COO, 900, being SO rs per
capita. Ia 1880 the product had grown
to sl64, 100000 and the imports were
| valued at 23l 600, 900, being 50 81 per
capita, Thus while our product of wool.
chs have increased since 1860 nearly
seyenfold, our imports have increased
about GO per cent, but the consumption
per capita has doubled, which. the statis-
tician Gays, indicates in striking man
ner the advancement of the wealth and
| comfort in style of living among the
| people OF the country.
Statistics of imports and exports Of
woolens 10 the trade OF foreign countries
shows that the United Kingdom is fore
! most in the foreign trade in woods, the
imports during 1855 amounting in value
| to 249, 200, 600 and exports Sil5. 900. 00o.
| France comes next with imports of $40.
900, 900 ana exports Of $4,000. DOC.
Germany imports $50. 900, 600 aud ex-
SIS. 900, 600 There has been large de-
cline 10 the wooden trade Of Great Britain
since 1873 as shown by exports as fol.
lows: Exports from 1870 to 1875. $751;
600, 900; from 1870 to 1874, S54S, coo. 600.
showing decline of $3.50 600. 600, or SO
| per cent. between the periods This de
cline is attributed 10 part to the high
foreign tariffs which it is claimed shut
out the manufacturers of Great Britain
from foreign markets.